| Acronym | Meaning |
| GTSSP | Global Temperature And Salinity Pilot Program |
| DIN | Deutsche Industrie-Norm (German Industrial Standard) |
| GBS | Grain Boundary Sliding |
| ANDA | Active Nondestructive Analysis |
| FTIR | Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy |
| MBMS | Molecular Beam Mass Spectrometry |
| IPPP | Iterative Pariser-Parr-Pople Method |
| LPA | Lysophosphatidic Acid |
| CDOM | Chromophoric Dissolved Organic Matter |
| EOIM | Energetic Oxygen Interaction With Materials |